The nonprofit Videogame History Museum made a pitch on Tuesday to use space in the Frisco Discovery Center for the first permanent museum of its kind in the country.

The museum currently functions as a traveling exhibit with bits and pieces going on display at various conventions. But officials are looking for a more permanent home for what's believed to be the largest collection of video game memorabilia.

An upcoming show in June with 7,000 square feet of display space is "only a drop in the bucket" of what's available in the collection, museum co-founder Sean Kelly told city leaders Tuesday.

The museum is vying for the 15,000 square feet known as the back of house space that was recently renovated at the Frisco Discovery Center.

Also interested in the space is the Frisco Association for the Arts, which has been booking events in that space since 2011 and believes it can do even more if it had a more formal agreement from the city.

"It's a unique space," the group's executive director, Sharon Roland said. "There is no other space in the area like it."

The space has been used for a variety of events, from high school homecoming dances to consignment sales to business meetings to ballet performances. Revenues for the space in the first six months of this fiscal year have already exceeded the revenues for the entire 12 months of the last fiscal year, Roland said.

The Frisco Community Development Corporation owns the Frisco Discovery Center building. Its board and the Frisco City Council heard pitches on Tuesday from both entities looking to use the space long-term. The proposals will come back to the CDC at a future meeting for further discussion.